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Chapter 2144 Capital never sleeps

Lu Yijian got on the carriage. The carriage walked in the backyard of Daxiangguo Temple for a while before leaving. Compared with Baiyun Temple, Daxiangguo Temple, located not far from Zhuque Street, is a beautiful place. Officials often come here to enjoy the scenery.

This is not only normal for a temple like Daxiangguo Temple that welcomes pilgrims from all over the world.

The back door of Daxiangguo Temple is very large and can even be too spacious. There are often groups of carriages entering and exiting together. In order to facilitate pilgrims to come, the threshold of the back door can be dismantled at any time.

Today is the day of rest for the court and the day of rest for the people of the Song Dynasty. I don’t know when the rest for the court and the rest for the people were linked together.

The people, no matter the rich or poor, take the court's daily routine as the basis. Of course, in order to make more money, many people still choose to work daily, but in the end it is a time for people to breathe a sigh of relief.

Before the holiday, the number of tourists in Daxiangguo Temple is always the most popular. It is not that there are many people coming to burn incense, but that there are many people coming to enjoy the tour.

The more people come, the better. No matter what the purpose is, as long as you come to Daxiangguo Temple, even if you "support" to Buddhism, Xianjue even requires all the monks in the temple to treat guests with courtesy.

Lu Yijian's carriage was mixed with ordinary carriages and horses. At this time, he had no intention of enjoying the beautiful scenery around him? He did not expect that Monk Xianjue had already expected what was happening now and had already written the article of denunciating Maitreya.

After reading the full text, Lu Yijian, who was sitting in the carriage, had to sigh at Xianjue's article: "If such a person abandons Taoism and follows the article, he will probably have a bright future!"

The article is not much, but the ten sentences highlight the evil of Maitreya and the innocent of Buddhism to the fullest, making people feel that a kind-hearted old monk complaining in front of you, and you are not blessed.

After reading the whole article, if Lu Yijian had not known the behind-the-scenes, he would have called out a wrongful accusation for the Buddhist being implicated by Maitreya. Although he felt that Xian Jue was hypocritical, he had to make a sensation once this article appeared in the miscellaneous newspapers. As long as people operated in the court, they would clear the suspicion of Buddhism.

At this time, Lu Yijian couldn't help but praise Xianjue's good methods. The industry in Baiyun Temple in Xicheng was a hot soldering iron, but it was also the best way for Buddhism to clear away suspicion.

As long as you can admit that the industry of Baiyun Temple has nothing to do with Maitreya religion, it can be proved that Daxiangguo Temple has nothing to do with Maitreya religion and was deceived by Maitreya religion.

This not only made the industry of Baiyun Temple a clean thing, but also in disguise recognized that Daxiangguo Temple was "clean". Those articles that involved Maitreya Buddhism and Buddhism were naturally self-defeating.

Xianjue should have posted this article long ago, but he could not use his own hands, otherwise it would be somewhat surprising that he was deliberately cutting off the relationship with Maitreya.

So the person who benefits the most at the moment is not the wealthy family in Dongcheng, but rather his Xianjue and the entire Buddhist sect. Lu Yijian couldn't help but smile bitterly. The two sides used each other and finally could only barely clear the suspicion.

However, this suspicion is a suspicion in the eyes of ordinary people, not a suspicion in the eyes of the officials. After all, in the eyes of the officials, neither Buddhism nor the wealthy families in the East City are suspected, and they are already unforgivable.

Lu Yijian didn't know why the official family didn't take action. In his opinion, the power in the hands of the official family was enough to destroy the wealthy families in the East City thousands of times.

This is because Lu Yijian doesn't understand Zhao Zhen, otherwise he would not have just guessed here, but should stay away from the interest groups in Dongcheng as quickly as possible.

Is it possible for interests and capital to become an alliance with others?

This is the most ridiculous thing. For Zhao Zhenlai, the unity of the wealthy families in Dongcheng will not cause him difficulties, but will only give him the opportunity to complete the cleanup of these uncontrollable capitals more thoroughly.

In Zhao Zhen's eyes, capital is a neutral word, not good or bad, it is just an economic form serving the Song Dynasty. His understanding of economy and capital has long surpassed that of merchants of this era.

He understood the nature of capital, knew his characteristics, and even his "love". This was the best way to master capital and the ultimate method. You must know that in the Song Dynasty, the greatest capital was in the hands of the emperor, Zheng

The main reason why Zhao Zhen was not worried about rebellion such as the wealthy families in Dongcheng and the Maitreya Sect was that he was the largest capital owner of this era.

How huge was the economic scale of the Song Dynasty? In addition to ordinary merchants, Zhao Zhen monopolized all exported businesses. How huge was Cai Ji's scale was even difficult for him to count.

Porcelain, silk, cotton, wool fabrics, ready-to-wear, medicines, glass, coffee, and even tobacco from the Song Dynasty were exported out every year, and how many of these things were monopolized in the hands of the imperial court?

Of course, the most profitable thing is not ready-to-wear medicine. These things are optional for Westerners. Silk, porcelain and glass are luxury goods. The nobles want to have cherry blossoms at all costs.

As for cotton and wool fabrics, they are what the general public needs, while coffee and tobacco are things that are unstoppable.

From the information brought back by Zhao Zhen found that all the cafes in the Western world were opened by the Song people, whether it was the Seljuk Dynasty with a vast territory or the Holy Roman Empire.

The coffee shops in Dasong have become an indispensable thing in every city. They have mellow and delicious coffee and addictive cigarettes. These two things have fatal temptations for Arabs and Westerners.

All the supply of these cafes comes from the Song Dynasty. Every month, even every three days, Yunnan Road transports the dried coffee beans and processed tobacco to the West.

The coffee beans were processed early, but the tobacco was cut into shreds on the road and wrapped in the best rice paper. No matter how much money you spend on the tobacco, it would not hurt, because it could be turned several times when you go outward.

Zhao Zhen had monopolized these resources from the very beginning, and he knew what was the "project" that benefited the most in the world.

The wealthy families in Dongcheng monopolized some of the most basic means of production, and they hoped to obtain large-scale production and sales opportunities through large-scale wars carried out by the state.

They usually don’t make money, they just make less money, but compared with ordinary businesses, they are already a giant, but their capital will never be satisfied.

The wealthy families in Dongcheng hope that the Song Dynasty would launch again and purchase in large quantities again. In a war, countries not only need a large number of weapons, but also require a large number of supplies.

This is the interests of the wealthy families in Dongcheng and the conflict point of interests.

But when the capital is huge enough, it will interfere with other things, such as politics, and when the two sides are playing, life will become humble and insignificant.
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